LTISD Info

The March 4, 2010 edition of the Lake Travis View contains the following Letter to the Editor:

“To the editor:

This is the fourth year I have judged at the Austin Energy Regional Science Fair, and the fourth year that schools from the Lake Travis Independent School District were not represented.

For a school district with such a high number of educated and wealthy parents not to have their school district represented at this event is unimaginable. As I interview a 10th grader from Bowie High School who has a project about using electromagnets to dampen the vibration of structures, I wonder why I am not interviewing a student from Lake Travis High School.

I encourage all parents of science minded students to contact the LTISD administration, school principals, and members of the school board and ask why the LTISD does not offer an optional science fair program. We highly support football, basketball, cheerleading, drama, and music programs, why not a science program.

By the way, there are three school board positions to be voted on this year. Before you cast your ballot, ask the candidates if they would support a science program.

The Austin American-Statesman had an article with pictures about the Austin Energy Regional Science Fair 2010 on Feb. 26. The article can be accessed on my web site “HamilCooper.com“. Click on Science Fairs and you will find it and other information.

Hamil Cooper
Lakeway”

Science? What does science have to do with a three time championship football team?